Divine Word Missionaries blog

Divine Word Missionaries blog will share some of the latest mission updates from around the world. The more than 6,000 Divine Word Missionaries are serving in 78 countries with a variety of provinces/regions that are then grouped into four zones, namely, the European zone (EUROPA), the Pan-American zone (PANAM), the Asia-Pacific zone (ASPAC), and the Africa-Madagascar zone (AFRAM). The zones may work as geographical sub-zones wherever this seems suitable. Check back often for real-time stories from the missions.

Mary reflected upon during the month of May

May 04, 2017

How appropriate that we equate and celebrate May as Mary’s month. Many things secular and spiritually related remind us of our Blessed Mother Mary. Secular being the celebration of Mother’s Day on the second Sunday of May, where we honor motherhood in our own families and society as a whole. Spiritually, May 13 is the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima where the three peasant children first meet Our Lady in Portugal. Towards the end of May scriptures have us recall Mary’s visit to Elizabeth where both women greet each other and share their joys of pregnancy and all that is yet to come.

For those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere, we admire the beauty of the nature’s rebirth as it teems with new life. We take this time to adorn the Marian altar with the freshly cut flowers that are springing forth from the earth as it reawakens.

I’d like to leave you with this prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary to pray for the Missions.